Marauder II MAD-6M

The MAD-6M is a field-refit rework of the 100-ton Marauder II, a skirmisher where the 3012-era MAD-4A fought as a juggernaut. A 400 XL fusion engine replaces the older 300 fusion plant, lifting cruising speed from 32 to 43 km/h and top speed from 54 to 65 km/h, and endo steel structure replaces the MAD-4A's standard frame. In place of the PPC and medium laser in each arm, the MAD-6M carries a Large X-Pulse Laser and a Medium X-Pulse Laser per arm, and the right torso mounts an ER PPC where the MAD-4A carried a large laser. A Guardian ECM suite sits in the center torso, and the heat-sink count falls from 29 single to 18 double. The type keeps its low, hard-to-target silhouette and hyper-extending arm actuators, and is assembled through field refit at various sites rather than a single production line.